US Pauses Iran Strikes as Gulf Chokepoints Threaten Global Oil Supply

President Trump halted US military strikes on Iran as Omani diplomats arrived in Tehran to negotiate reopening the Strait of Hormuz, while Houthi forces simultaneously struck a Saudi oil refinery and tankers in the Red Sea, pushing Brent crude briefly above $100 a barrel. The convergence of multiple Gulf chokepoints under simultaneous threat — Hormuz, Bab al-Mandab, and the Red Sea — signals a fragile and escalating regional conflict with global economic consequences. Scripture warns of wars and rumours of wars, and economic disruption on an unprecedented scale in the last days, with Revelation 18 foreseeing a collapse of the world's trade systems.